WASHINGTON — The Migration Policy Institute’s newly constituted advisory board convened for the first time on June 29, assembling members with distinguished records in government, the corporate and philanthropic sectors, the legal and education fields, immigrant service and advocacy, research, diplomacy and academia in the United States, Europe and Latin America.
The advisory board is co-chaired by former Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson, who is a partner at Paul, Weiss, as well as influential higher education innovator Dr. Michael M. Crow, who is president of Arizona State University. Dr. Crow is an elected fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science and National Academy of Public Administration, and university vice chairman of the U.S. Council on Competitiveness. Prior to becoming secretary of homeland security, Johnson was general counsel of the Defense Department and general counsel of the Air Force.
The advisory board was created by the MPI Board of Trustees to offer advice to the trustees and staff leadership on U.S. immigration policy issues, as well as expand the institute’s networks. Advisory board members will serve a two-year term, meeting at least twice a year to offer advice on the policy and political environments affecting immigration.
“It has been a long-held goal for the MPI board of trustees to create an advisory board, and we are incredibly pleased that so many distinguished public figures have agreed to share their insights with us,” said James W. Ziglar, who chairs the board of trustees and is former commissioner of the U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service.
Said MPI President Andrew Selee: “As immigration issues move further to the fore of public debates in the United States, we are immensely pleased to have a group of important thinkers, policymakers and researchers on immigration issues, with an international perspective, who can inform our work and help us position MPI for the future. And we are deeply appreciative to Secretary Johnson and President Crow for taking the leadership of this advisory board.”
The advisory board members were joined during the meeting by Reps. Veronica Escobar (D-TX) and Will Hurd (R-TX) for a conversation about immigration policy.
Beyond Co-Chairs Jeh Johnson and Michael Crow, members of the advisory board are:
For more on the advisory board members, visit: www.migrationpolicy.org/about/advisory-board.
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The Migration Policy Institute (MPI) is an independent, non-partisan think tank in Washington, D.C. dedicated to analysis of the movement of people worldwide. MPI provides analysis, development and evaluation of migration and refugee policies at the local, national and international levels. For more on MPI, please visit www.migrationpolicy.org.